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☆ Stocks firmer after dip in euro zone inflation, dollar firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 29, 2023. REUTERS/StaffLONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Global shares stocks were firmer on Friday after data showed that inflation in the euro zone continued to fall this month, and attention turned to U.S. prices figures before the opening bell on Wall Streeet. The dollar and U.S. stock index futures , were firm ahead of the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index reading due at 1230 GMT, the Fed's favoured inflation gauge. Euro zone inflation fell to 5.5% in June as the cost of fuel tumbled, with Germany the only country to report an increase, with the European Central Bank still on course for a ninth consecutive rate hike next month, sending euro zone government bond yields higher.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Patrick Spencer, Baird, Spencer, Shunichi Suzuki, Rob Carnell, Hong, Brent, Gold, Huw Jones, Ankur Banerjee, Stephen Coates, Kim Coghill, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Staff LONDON, Global, U.S, Federal, European Central Bank, ECB, ING, Big Tech, Finance, Nikkei, Strong U.S, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, U.S, Europe, CHINA, Asia, China, Pacific, Japan, Shanghai, Strong

☆ Asia shares steady as weak China data fuel stimulus hopes, yen frail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Ankur Banerjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Futures indicated European stocks were set for a higher open, with Eurostoxx 50 futures up 0.18%, German DAX futures up 0.24% and FTSE futures 0.28% higher. But before that euro zone June inflation data will likely provide cues to the broader picture in the region, after data on Thursday showed German inflation rose more than expected in June. The strong economic data sent Treasury yields higher, with the yield on 10-year Treasury notes touching a three-month high of 3.868% on Thursday. China's blue-chip CSI300 Index (.CSI300) and the Shanghai Composite Index (.SSEC) rose nearly 1%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (.HSI) was up 0.24% on stimulus hopes. U.S. crude was flat at $69.87 per barrel and Brent was at $74.49, up 0.2% on the day.

Persons: Shunichi Suzuki, DAX, Rob Carnell, Jerome Powell, Hong, Brent, Ankur Banerjee, Stephen Coates, Kim Coghill Organizations: Federal Reserve, Finance, Investors, U.S, Reuters, Union, Bank of Japan, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, China, Asia, Pacific, Japan, Spain, Italy, U.S, Shanghai

☆ Tour de France organisers ready to adapt amid riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Cycling - Tour de France - Presentation of the teams in front of the Guggenheim Museum - Bilbao, Spain - June 29, 2023 UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar during the presentation REUTERS/Benoit TessierBILBAO, Spain, June 30 (Reuters) - Tour de France organisers are ready to adjust to any situation amid the riots that have erupted in the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Friday. "We are in constant liaison with the State services and we are following the situation and how it has been evolving," Prudhomme told reporters. "Depending on what happens we will adapt if needed," said Prudhomme. The Tour starts on Saturday from Bilbao and will enter France on Monday with a finish in Bayonne and a start from Dax for the fourth stage on Tuesday. Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Benoit Tessier BILBAO, Christian Prudhomme, Prudhomme, Dax, Julien Pretot, Christian Radnedge Organizations: de France, Guggenheim Museum, UAE Team Emirates, State, France, Thomson Locations: Bilbao, Spain, Bayonne

The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) closed 0.1% higher. That made Spain the first among the euro zone's large economies to have inflation fall below 2%. This followed hawkish comments from U.S. and European central bank policymakers at a European Central Bank meet-up in Sintra on Wednesday, where the underlying theme was that rates are likely to stay higher for longer. Adding to recent hawkish messages from central banks globally, Sweden's central bank raised its policy rate by a quarter percentage point as expected and forecast at least one more rate hike this year. The stock was the top gainer on France's blue-chip index (.FCHI), which rose 0.4% and also helped the automaker sub-index (.SXAP) climb 1.3%.

Persons: Germany's DAX, year's, Claus Vistesen, Daniela Hathorn, Amruta Khandekar, Matteo Allievi, Sherry Jacob, Phillips, Rashmi Aich, Conor Humphries Organizations: Pantheon, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Capital.com, Renault, Belgian, Severn Trent, Thames, Semiconductor, Citigroup, Thomson Locations: Spain, Sintra, Severn, Bengaluru, Gdansk

[1/2] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 26, 2023. Asian shares received a boost from Chinese Premier Li Qiang saying Beijing will roll out policies to boost China's economy. But the positive market sentiment faded in early European trading, with the pan-European STOXX 600 down 0.4% by 1149 GMT (.STOXX). MSCI's Europe index (.MSER) was down 0.1%, London's FTSE 100 lost 0.3% and Germany's DAX declined 0.1% (.GDAXI). It hit a seven-month high against China's yuan as investors braced for the possibility of China doing more to support the currency.

Persons: Li Qiang, Germany's DAX, Hani Redha, Christine Lagarde, Analysts, Wagner, Vladimir Putin's, Michael Hewson, Shunichi Suzuki, Elizabeth Howcroft, Ed Osmond, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Staff LONDON, PineBridge Investments, U.S . Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Monetary, European Central Bank, Wagner Group, CMC Markets, U.S, ECB, U.S ., Finance, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, United States, Beijing, Russia, U.S, China

☆ OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft is coming to Epic Systems to help save doctors time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft's speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications on Tuesday announced its AI-powered clinical notes application is coming to Epic Systems to help reduce physicians' administrative workloads. Epic is a health care software company that helps hospitals and other health systems store, share and access electronic health records. More than 500,000 physicians and 306 million patients across the globe use Epic's offerings, and the company has long-standing partnerships with both Microsoft and Nuance. Nuance told CNBC Tuesday that integrating its latest solution, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, into Epic is a "major step" toward that goal. "The last thing they want to do is pajama time," Peter Durlach, chief strategy officer at Nuance told CNBC in an interview Tuesday.

Persons: DAX, Garrett Adams, Peter Durlach, Adams, Durlach Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Tuesday, Epic Systems, Microsoft, CNBC, American Medical Association, DAX Express Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, U.S, HIPAA

SummarySummary Companies STOXX 600 off 0.1%Defence firms fall after failed Russian mutinyHealthcare sector drags STOXX 600German business morale weakens againJune 26 (Reuters) - European shares inched lower on Monday, led by healthcare, while defence stocks fell after an aborted weekend mutiny in Russia. The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) slipped 0.1% as of 1600 GMT, extending losses for its sixth straight session. Shares of major European defence firms Leonardo SpA (LDOF.MI), Saab AB (SAABb.ST) and Rheinmetall AG (RHMG.DE) each dropped more than 4%, weighing on the European aerospace and defence sub-index (.SXPARO) which fell 0.9%. "It's too early to price something into the market, that's why the really limited move on defence stocks." The healthcare index (.SXDP) fell 1.1% and was a big drag on the STOXX 600 index, which has come under pressure on concerns about an economic slowdown from a potentially longer-than-expected global interest rate hiking cycle.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Leonardo, Shanti Kelemen, It's, Germany's DAX, Aston Martin, Amruta Khandekar, Varun H, Dhanya Ann Thoppil, Richard Chang Organizations: Wagner Group, Leonardo SpA, Saab AB, Rheinmetall AG, G Wealth, Energy, Siemens Energy, Lucid, Cineworld, SBB, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Europe's, British, Swedish

☆ Siemens Energy share sell-off deepens, takes market value loss to $8 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Christoph Steitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FRANKFURT, June 26 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) shares fell for a second consecutive session on Monday, hit by a raft of target price cuts and rating downgrades in the wake of deeper-than-expected problems at its wind turbine division that emerged last week. It share price was down 3.3% at 1252 GMT, at the bottom of Germany's blue-chip DAX (.GDAXI) index, taking the group's loss in market valuation to 7.4 billion euros ($8.1 billion) since it scrapped its profit outlook late on Thursday. Its shares on Monday traded around 14 euros apiece, the lowest level in seven and a half months. Siemens Energy was forced to publish a brief ad hoc statement late on Thursday based on limited information, withdrawing its profit outlook after it became apparent that the issues would incur costs of more than 1 billion euros. ($1 = 0.9162 euros)Reporting by Christoph Steitz; editing by Matthias Williams and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: DAX, Jefferies, Christoph Steitz, Matthias Williams, Emelia Organizations: Siemens Energy, Reuters, Citi, Siemens, Monday, Thomson Locations: FRANKFURT

The STOXX 600 (.STOXX) index closed 0.3% lower after data showed euro zone business growth stalled this month as the downturn in manufacturing deepened. "A hike was fully expected, but the magnitude of the rise surprised most," said RBC Brewin Dolphin’s head of asset allocation, Paul Danis. Germany's DAX index (.GDAXI) shed 1.0%, leading losses among regional peers as shares of Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) sank 37.3%. DATA DIGESTWhile euro zone business growth stalled in June, a separate reading showed German business activity slowed notably this month. French business activity contracted this month for the first time in five months, data showed.

Persons: Germany's DAX, Paul Danis, DAX, Clemente De Lucia, Shreyashi Sanyal, Bansari, Eileen Soreng, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Siemens Energy, GSK, Bank of England, Norges Bank, Swiss National Bank, Investors, RBC, Bank, Siemens, Deutsche Bank Research, Thomson Locations: U.S, Stockholm, Helsinki, Bengaluru

☆ Stock Market Today: Dow Futures, Bond Yields Fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Bonds rallied , stocks were poised to slip and oil dropped on concern that global interest-rate hikes could push the world economy into recession. S&P 500 futures fell 0.5%. Dow industrials futures slipped 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 contracts ticked down 0.6%. Ten-year U.K. gilt yields slipped to 4.241% from 4.371%, a day after the Bank of England raised rates by half a percentage point. The cryptocurrency has rallied in recent days after BlackRock filed for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Persons: Bonds, bunds, Germany’s Dax Organizations: Federal Reserve, Dow, Nasdaq, Bank of, Siemens Energy, Nikkei, Brent, BlackRock Locations: Bank of England, Europe, Asia, Shanghai, Saudi Arabia

☆ European shares open lower, Siemens Energy plunges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 23 (Reuters) - European shares opened lower on Friday at the end of a central bank policy-packed week that reinforced views that higher interest rates could stay for longer, while shares of Siemens Energy plunged as it withdrew its annual profit outlook. The STOXX 600 (.STOXX) index fell 0.3% by 0713 GMT. Germany's DAX index (.GDAXI) dropped 0.7%, leading losses among regional peers as shares of Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) sank 30.3%. The company, which supplies equipment and services to the power sector, warned that the impact of quality problems at its Siemens Gamesa wind turbine unit would be felt for years. The European oil & gas index (.SXEP) slid 1.7% to lead sectoral falls.

Persons: DAX, Shreyashi Sanyal Organizations: Siemens Energy, Bank of England, Norges Bank, Swiss National Bank, Siemens, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Rethinking the rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Rally haltedU.S. markets closed in the red Tuesday, halting a rally that drove stocks to their highest levels in more than a year. The UK 'doom loop'The U.K. economy is trapped in a growth "doom loop," according to the country's Institute for Public Policy Research. The International Monetary Fund expects the U.K. economy to grow 0.4% this year.

Persons: Germany's DAX, Eli Lilly, Thali, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Biden, Tim Cook, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Raj Subramaniam, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Dice Therapeutics, country's Institute for Public Policy Research, Monetary Fund, U.S, House Locations: New York City, San Francisco, India, China

☆ German shares lead falls in Europe as Lanxess plunges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Germany's DAX index (.GDAXI) fell 0.5% by 0709 GMT, retreating farther from a record high it hit on Friday. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) fell 0.4%. Lanxess (LXSG.DE) fell 13.3% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after cutting its second-quarter and annual core profit forecasts, saying it saw no demand recovery in June as customers continued to destock. The chemicals index (.SX4P) slid 1.7%, leading sectoral falls. China-exposed luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA), which is Europe's most valuable firm, fell 0.5%, while the basic resources index (.SXPP) dropped 0.5%.

Persons: DAX, Shreyashi Sanyal Organizations: Thomson Locations: China, Bengaluru

Germany's DAX index (.GDAXI) fell 0.3% by 0750 GMT, retreating farther from a record high hit on Friday. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) edged 0.1% lower. The chemicals index (.SX4P) slid 1.7%, leading sectoral declines. London's FTSE 100 index (.FTSE) rose 0.2%. Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; editing by Eileen SorengOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: DAX, Boehringer's Zantac, Stuart Cole, drugmaker, Boehringer, Jerome Powell, Shreyashi Sanyal, Eileen Soreng Organizations: Europe Sanofi, Equiti, People's Bank of China, Sanofi, International Chamber of Commerce, Global Auto Holdings, Bank of, Investors, . Federal, Thomson Locations: Europe, China, United States, British, Bengaluru

☆ European shares fall at open, Sartorius plunges on forecast cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 19 (Reuters) - European shares fell at the opening bell on Monday, with Franco-German lab equipment maker Sartorius leading the declines, while investors cautiously awaited further stimulus measures from China to revive demand. The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) shed 0.5% by 0719 GMT, while Germany's DAX index (.GDAXI) dropped 0.4% after closing at a record high in the prior session. Shares of Sartorius (SATG.DE) plunged 14%, to the bottom of the STOXX 600, after the company cut its 2023 revenue and margin forecasts on Friday. China-exposed luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA), which is Europe's most valuable firm, fell 0.9%, while the basic resources index (.SXPP) dropped 1.4% amid demand worries from top metals consumer China. Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'SouzaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Germany's DAX, Antony Blinken, Shreyashi Sanyal, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Franco, Thomson Locations: German, China, The U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Global stocks are soaring. Analysts love these names — giving one over 80% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Analysts are still optimistic about some parts of the U.S. market, but some expect international markets to do better this year. The resulting stocks have buy ratings from over 65% of analysts covering them, and average price target upside of at least 30%. Two stocks stood out for their 100% buy rating from analysts and significant potential upside: Coal mining company Yancoal Australia and Hong Kong-listed ESR Group , a real estate services company. German meal kit company Hello Fresh got the highest potential upside from analysts at 82%. U.S. stocks include e-commerce giant MercadoLibre , health insurance firm Humana and pharmaceutical firm Jazz Pharmaceuticals .

Persons: Germany's Dax, Morgan Stanley, J.P, Tai Hui, Tai, Raymond Bridges, Fresh Organizations: Nikkei, Morgan Asset, Bridges Capital, CNBC Pro, CNBC, Vanguard FTSE, Index, Kansai Electric Power, JCR Pharmaceuticals, Humana, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Locations: Europe, U.S, Japan, Asia, Australia, Hong Kong

The continent-wide European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) index rose 0.5%. The index gained 1.5% in the policy-packed week, its best performance in over two months. China-focused luxury stocks such as LVMH (LVMH.PA) and Richemont (CFR.S) gained nearly 3% each, boosting the broader STOXX 600. Defensive shares such as healthcare (.SXDP) gained 0.9%, and utilities (.SX6P) climbed 1.3% to a four-week peak. The STOXX 600 broke away from a restrictive 1% trading range that was seen for much of the past two weeks, as investors gradually start putting behind major central bank events.

Persons: Travis Perkins, DAX, Germany's DAX, Danni Hewson, AJ Bell, Hewson, Shreyashi Sanyal, Siddarth, Sohini Goswami, Sherry Jacob, Phillips Organizations: European Central Bank, U.S, U.S . Federal, Bank of Japan, Bank of, Britain's, Rheinmetall, Apollo Global Management, Claure Group, Thomson Locations: China, U.S ., Stockholm, Millicom, Bengaluru

☆ Asia shares near 4-month peak, yen falls as BOJ maintains policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Ankur Banerjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The BOJ rounded up a central bank heavy week, keeping its pledge to "patiently" sustain massive stimulus to ensure Japan sustainably achieves its 2% inflation target accompanied by wage hikes. As widely expected, the BOJ maintained its -0.1% short-term interest rate target and a 0% cap on the 10-year bond yield set under its yield curve control (YCC) policy. Markets are now pricing in 67% chance of the U.S. central bank raising its interest rate by 25 basis points next month, according to CME FedWatch tool. The European Central Bank on Thursday left the door open to more rate hikes as it flagged risks from rising wages and revised up its inflation projections. The ECB also raised interest rates by 25 bps taking its policy rate to 3.5%, a level not seen since 2001.

Persons: DAX, Kazuo Ueda's, Charu, HSI, Ryan Brandham, Lagarde, Brent, Ankur Banerjee, Kim Coghill Organizations: Federal, Bank of Japan, Ueda, Saxo Markets, Nikkei, Nasdaq, Validus Risk Management, European Central Bank, ECB, NatWest Markets, China . U.S . West Texas, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia, Pacific, Japan, North America, U.S, China . U.S

☆ European shares slip after ECB rate hike
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | Bansari Mayur Kamdar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) -European shares slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) raised borrowing costs as expected and signalled more policy tightening in its fight against sticky inflation. FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/ FILE PHOTOThe continent-wide STOXX 600 index closed 0.1% lower after falling as much as 0.8% earlier in the day. The ECB increased the deposit rate by 25 basis points to 3.5%, the highest level in 22 years. This was the central bank’s eighth successive raise.

Persons: Christine, Lagarde, ”, Stuart Cole, Halma, SoftwareOne Organizations: Reuters, European Central Bank, REUTERS, Staff, ECB, Equiti, U.S . Federal Reserve, ASOS, Bain Capital Private Equity, Informa Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Swedish, British, Swiss

☆ European shares inch lower ahead of ECB meet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/ FILE PHOTO(Reuters) - European shares opened lower on Thursday, as the European Central Bank (ECB) was expected to raise borrowing costs later in the day, the decision coming on the heels of the U.S. Federal Reserve signalling more hikes. Losses were capped somewhat by a rise in shares of H&M, which lifted retailer stocks after it flagged sales in June, the first month of its third quarter, had got off to a good start. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index fell 0.3% by 0708 GMT. The Fed left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signalled at least half of a percentage point increase to borrowing costs by the end of this year.

Persons: Sweden’s Organizations: REUTERS, Staff, European Central Bank, U.S . Federal Reserve, ECB Locations: Frankfurt, Germany

☆ Fed Meeting Today: Dow Futures Hover Ahead of Interest-Rate Decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Stock futures and Treasury bonds rose ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy decision, as investors weighed the latest inflation data and what this could mean for interest rates. The central bank is set to put out its decision and statement at 2 p.m. Most stock futures edged up. Treasury bonds recovered some ground. The most actively traded contract for Brent futures rose 1.5% to $75.40 a barrel, extending Tuesday’s jump.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Shorter, Hong, Hang Seng, DAX Organizations: Federal, Futures, Nasdaq, Dow, Treasury, Bank of England, Brent, Japan’s Nikkei Locations: Europe

☆ Shares get a tech boost; dollar dithers ahead of inflation data
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Amanda Cooper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 9, 2023. REUTERS/StaffLONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Global shares rose on Tuesday, taking their lead from an upbeat session on Wall Street ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could shape the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy. Money markets show traders now anticipate a peak in UK rates at around 5.6% by February, up from a terminal rate of 4.85% by November a month ago. In currencies, the dollar index , which measures the performance of the U.S. currency against six others, fell 0.2% to 103.32. Sterling rose 0.4% against the dollar to $1.2567 after the UK wage data , while the euro rose 0.4% to $1.0796.

Persons: Michael Hewson, it’s, BoE, we've, Fiona Cincotta, Farouq Suleiman, Julie Zhu, Christopher Cushing, Jamie Freed, Simon Cameron, Moore, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, Staff LONDON, Federal Reserve, Nvidia, Nikkei, Nasdaq, Amazon, Apple, Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of Canada, Fed, ECB, Bank of England, European Central Bank, Bank of, Sterling, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, Swedish, Bank of Japan, London, Hong Kong

The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) closed 0.2% higher, with the DAX (.GDAXI) up 0.9%. Luxury majors LVMH (LVMH.PA) and Hermes (HRMS.PA) climbed 1.8% and 3%, respectively, further supporting the STOXX 600. Meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are lined up for the week. The STOXX 600 started the year on a stronger footing compared to the S&P 500 index (.SPX) but lost steam during the second quarter due to a rise in preference for growth-oriented stocks as opposed to value stocks. Shares in SES tumbled 14.6% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after the satellite company announced its chief executive Steve Collar would step down.

Persons: BOJ, Bernstein, DAX, Lionel Messi's, Hermes, Daniela Hathorn, Sergio Ermotti, he’s, Michael Hewson, Silvio Berlusconi, Steve Collar, Shreyashi Sanyal, Bansari, Eileen Soreng Organizations: Fed, ECB, Adidas, UBS, CS, Inter Miami, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Credit Suisse, CMC Markets, MEDIAFOREUROPE, Italian, Novartis, Seattle, Chinook Therapeutics, SES, BNP, Exane, Thomson Locations: Europe, Bengaluru

[1/2] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 9, 2023. Wall Street futures were up, pointing to another session of gains after the S&P 500 rose for the fourth week in a row last week. "Obviously if we have a big negative surprise on inflation and inflation comes in much hotter than expected, that is going to challenge central banks and the Fed in its 'pause' strategy," he said. Money markets are pricing in around a 75% chance of the Fed keeping rates steady, and a 25% chance of a 25 basis points rate hike, according to the CME FedWatch tool. The European Central Bank is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points on Thursday.

Persons: Europe's, Samy Chaar, Lombard, Elizabeth Howcroft, Sharon Singleton, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, CPI, Fed, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Wall, Nasdaq, Investors, Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, People's Bank of China, Brent, . West Texas, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, China, U.S, Europe, Hong Kong

☆ Rheinmetall could be worth 17 billion euros over medium term, CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - The CEO of Germany's largest defence contractor Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) said he expected a further boost to the company's stock market value due to the Ukraine war and increased defence spending in Europe. "Our operating income in 2025 should be about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion), maybe even 1.7 billion euros. "A valuation of 17 billion euros is realistic for Rheinmetall over the medium term," he added. Rheinmetall's current stock valuation is about 10.5 billion euros, on 2022 operating income of 754 million euros. The stock market value of the company, a maker of tanks, ammunition and other war equipment, has tripled since December 2021 and it joined Germany's blue-chip DAX (.GDAXI) index earlier this year.

Persons: Armin Papperger, DAX, Christian Kraemer, Holger Hansen, Sabine Siebold, Kirsti Knolle, Madeline Chambers Organizations: Rheinmetall, RND, Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Ukraine, Europe

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